Pest control in Pasadena

Texas A&M's urban entomology program counts Formosan termites in 31 Texas counties, with more added each year. Swarmers are drawn to lights, so a cloud of winged insects around a porch lamp on a late-spring night is worth a call.

HomeGuide's national figures (November 2025) put chemical or bait termite treatment at $225 to $2,500, whole-home tenting at $2,000 to $8,000, and an inspection at $0 to $250.

Termite reports for a Pasadena home sale

A Wood Destroying Insect Report for a Texas sale must be on TDA's form, unaltered, and written by a licensed applicator or technician in the termite category. It covers visible, accessible areas only, so hollow walls and closed-off attics can hide damage. A treatment can be recommended only on visible evidence of active infestation, or of a past one with no sign it was treated. If you're buying, a Pasadena realtor can tell you when the report is due.

Harris County Public Health's Mosquito and Vector Control Division (713-440-4800) treats Pasadena between 8:30 p.m. and 5 a.m., weather permitting, and takes breeding-site reports online. In a July 2023 release, DSHS reported 42 West Nile cases and 7 deaths statewide in 2022, and it said mosquitoes stay active in much of Texas into November and December.

Before paying for a yard program, empty standing water in toys, tires, buckets, clogged gutters and plant pots, as DSHS advises. Nationally, HomeGuide puts private mosquito control at $80 to $150 a visit, or $350 to $1,000 a season.

For fire ants, Texas A&M AgriLife recommends the Two-Step Method: broadcast bait, then treat problem mounds. Spring and fall are the best times; in hot, dry summers the ants are less active and mounds are harder to spot. Striped bark scorpions, the only one of Texas's 18 species found statewide, hide under boards and debris near houses.

Pest control for hire needs a license from the Texas Department of Agriculture under the Structural Pest Control Act. TDA licenses by category, so a company spraying for roaches may not hold the termite category; ask which ones it has and check them on TDA's license lists or its company search by zip code.

A licensed business must carry at least $500,000 of bodily injury and property damage cover, with a $1,000,000 aggregate. For an indoor treatment at your own home, the technician must make TDA's consumer information sheet available, in English or Spanish. Apartment complexes of five or more units must give 48 hours' notice before planned indoor treatments.

General service runs $100 to $600 for a one-time visit and $80 to $150 a quarter nationally. The full checklist is on the Texas pest control guide; compare pest control in Friendswood or see the Pasadena guide.